Female farm ownership 'pitifully low' 

Gender equality 'key priority' for Department of Agriculture 

Amanda Draper takes a rest from working on the family farm as they bale over three thousand square bales in Riverstick, Co Cork.  Picture: David Creedon. 

The level of female farm ownership across the country was recently described in the Dail as being pitifully low.

Sinn Fein’s Deputy Matt Carthy, who raised the issue, said there are many female farmers across the country but few of them are recognised as such.